The Last Fare / David Wilkie & The Miners’ Strike - Part 2

The Last Fare / David Wilkie & The Miners’ Strike - Part 2

Author: They Walk Among Us October 26, 2025 Duration: 54:36

A taxi driver was simply doing his job during the miners' strike in 1984, when an object was hurled onto the motorway, crushing his car and killing him in the process. Three men had been charged with murder. However, one insisted to the police that he had played no part in the crime. Against the backdrop of the bitter clash between miners and the government, the trial was set to begin. No one could predict how the legal proceedings would end… (Part 2 of 2).


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